DIV
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2010-09-20
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NAME
div, ldiv, lldiv, imaxdiv - compute quotient and remainder of
an integer division
 
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
div_t div(int numerator, int denominator);
ldiv_t ldiv(long numerator, long denominator);
lldiv_t lldiv(long long numerator, long long denominator);
#include <inttypes.h>
imaxdiv_t imaxdiv(intmax_t numerator, intmax_t denominator);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
lldiv():
- 
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or
cc -std=c99
 
 
DESCRIPTION
The
div()
function computes the value
numerator/
denominator and
returns the quotient and remainder in a structure
named 
div_t that contains
two integer members (in unspecified order) named 
quot and 
rem.
The quotient is rounded toward zero.
The result satisfies 
quot*
denominator+
rem = 
numerator.
The
ldiv(),
lldiv(),
and
imaxdiv()
functions do the same,
dividing numbers of the indicated type and
returning the result in a structure
of the indicated name, in all cases with fields quot and rem
of the same type as the function arguments.
 
RETURN VALUE
The 
div_t (etc.) structure.
 
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
The functions
lldiv()
and
imaxdiv()
were added in C99.
 
EXAMPLE
After
        div_t q = div(-5, 3);
the values 
q.quot and 
q.rem are -1 and -2, respectively.
 
SEE ALSO
abs(3),
remainder(3)
 
COLOPHON
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